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06-09-2010, 03:48 PM
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#1 | | I STILL don't get it
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| BMW 3 LWB.....
Seems like China needs a LWB version of everything. How long before we see a Honda Fit/Toyota Echo LWB? Quote:
Are long wheelbase variants turning into a big trend in China?
Well, at least for the segment in which the 3-Series competes there, BMW feels the need to offer a long-wheelbase variant to go up against the successful Audi A4L - the extended wheelbase version of the A4 model.
BMW will be building the stretched variant of the 3-Series at a new plant in the Shengyang economic zone with its Chinese partner Brilliance Auto.
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06-09-2010, 03:57 PM
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#2 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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HELL YEAH HONDA FIT LWB
Long cars to make up for short ________ (fill in the blank)
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06-09-2010, 05:41 PM
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#3 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Seems a bit odd to stretch a 3-series.
Wouldn't it be a lot easier to make a budget-oriented 5-series model? A 523i, for example? Maybe they're concerned about maintaining the upscale image of the 5- and 7- series.
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06-10-2010, 01:19 AM
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#4 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Long cars to make up for short third leg ?????????
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06-10-2010, 02:25 AM
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#5 | | bye bye REVscene
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Originally Posted by orange7  Long cars to make up for short third leg ????????? |  | |
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06-10-2010, 03:45 AM
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#6 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Not sure if you guys know this, but my understanding is that in China most businessmen have chauffeurs. Therefore the owner is chilling in the BACK of the car. Hence the need for more back seat space. Anyone who's been to any major city in China (and probably elsewhere) knows this. BMW, Audi, and Mercedes all know this unique quirk of the Chinese. They'll have a ton of catching up to do though as almost every VIP-type car you see is an Audi.
Not everyone in the world wants to be a driver. For all we know, they're wondering why everyone in North America wants do something as strange as sit in the driver's seat.  | |
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06-10-2010, 03:49 AM
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#7 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by slammer111 Not sure if you guys know this, but my understanding is that in China most businessmen have chauffeurs. Therefore the owner is chilling in the BACK of the car. Hence the need for more back seat space. Anyone who's been to any major city in China (and probably elsewhere) knows this.
Not everyone in the world wants to be a driver. | Not sure if you gus know this, but in my understanding 3 series are cheap as shit and most business men in China need to step their game up. Hence thats why theres a 5 series and 7 series. Anyone who knows anything about cars knows this.
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06-10-2010, 07:43 AM
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#8 | | Banned (BBM)
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ughhh
just get a 5 series than?
wats next?
extended 5?
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06-10-2010, 07:46 AM
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#9 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by Mugen EvOlutioN ughhh
extended 5? | ughhh
just get the 7 series then?
wats next?
extra extended 7?
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06-10-2010, 08:02 AM
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#10 | | no
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would like to see what it would look like.
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06-10-2010, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by downhiller88 would like to see what it would look like. |   | |
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06-10-2010, 09:27 AM
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#12 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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There already is a 5 series long wheelbase.
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06-10-2010, 12:16 PM
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#13 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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is the acutal car going to be made longer? or just moving the wheelbase but the length is still the same?
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06-10-2010, 05:21 PM
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#14 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Lol, why have a chauffeur when all u can afford is a 3 series. Guess labour is really cheap. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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